1. religion and spirituality
2. christianity
3. catholicism

Clergy: Mgr Michael Regan (Administrator), Fr Nick Welsh (Assistant Priest); Rev Peter Czerwonka S.A.C.,
Rev Tadeusz Puton S.A.C., Bishop Ian Murray.
Cathedral Contacts:
Cathedral House, 61 York Place, Edinburgh EH1 3JD, Tel: 0131 556 1798
Website: www.stmaryscathedral.co.uk - Email: [email protected]
Fr. Michael Regan: [email protected]
Fr. Nick Welsh: [email protected]
Finance: Carol Ann Carvil - Tel: 0131 523 0109, Email: [email protected]
Parish Co-ordinator: Kay Leslie - Email: [email protected]Tel: 0131 556 1798
Hall Complex Bookings/Café Camino: Fran Whitton, Manager. Tel: 0131 523 0102
Email: [email protected]
Director of Music: Thomas Henderson - Email: [email protected]
Cathedral Organist: Simon Niemiński - Tel: 0131 523 0106, Email: [email protected]
Safeguarding Team: Maureen McEvoy & James Saunders
Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year B) – 1st February 2015
Sunday Masses: (Sat. Vigil) 6.00pm, 9.30am, 11.30am, 1.15pm (Polish), 5.45pm (Polish) and 7.30pm
Confessions - Saturday: 10.30am – 12 noon, 5.00 – 5.45pm
Polish Confessions - Monday – Friday: 5.00 – 6.00pm; Saturday: 8.00 – 9.00am
Masses this week: Monday to Friday: 10:00am, 12:45pm, 6.00pm (Polish)
Saturday: Masses at 9.00am (Polish), 10.00am, 6.00pm (Vigil)
Welcome: If you are a visitor to the Cathedral, we want you to know how welcome you are – whether
you have come from another part of the country, from across the world or simply from another parish.
Each day we are called to be followers of Christ and to listen to his voice. We are to trust Christ who will
never push us further than we can. He has no desire to destroy us but does want to heal us.
Saturday evening we welcome to celebrate the evening Mass Archbishop Cushley.
On Monday 2nd February we celebrate the feast of the Presentation of the Lord and it is the world day of
prayer for Religious in this year dedicated to Religious. We pray for all those in the consecrated life in
our own parish as well as in the diocese.
The parish meeting takes place this Sunday afternoon at 2.30pm in the Blue Room at 63 York Place as
part of Cathedral House. All are welcome.
There will be a funeral Mass on Tuesday at 11.00am for Elio Crolla who died on Monday 26 th January.
Michael Regan
Children in the Cathedral complex must be accompanied by a responsible adult at all times.
Newsletter available online: www.stmaryscathedral.co.uk Produced & Printed by St Mary’s 29/1/2015
St Mary’s Cathedral is a parish of the Archdiocese of St Andrew & Edinburgh.
A Charity registered in Scotland Number SC00854
February
Monday
2nd
In the diary!
(Feast of the Presentation of The Lord)
Russian Choir @ 6.00pm
Legion of Mary @ 7.30pm
Legion of Mary @ 10.45am
Catechism @ 4.30pm
Schola Cantorum Choir @ 7.00pm
ABC @ 7.30pm
Voice for Life – Mass and Rosary @ 6.00pm
Young Adults’ Group @ 7.00pm
Marriage Course (Polish) @ 7.00pm
Prayer Circle @ 7.30pm
(Memorial of St Agatha)
SVDP @ 6.00pm
Marriage Preparation Course @ 6.00pm
(Memorial of St Paul Miki and Companions)
Coffee Morning @ 10.30am
Divine Mercy Prayer @ 3.00pm
In the name of Jesus Group @ 6.00pm
Divine Mercy Music Group @ 7.00pm
First Saturday Devotions to
Our Lady of Fatima @ 9.30am - All Welcome!
Marriage Course (Polish) @ 4.00pm
St Mary’s Choir @ 10.00am
Parish Meeting @ 2.30pm
Divine Mercy Monthly Prayer Group @ 2.45pm
Sunday Music Group @ 6.00pm
Tuesday 3rd
Wednesday 4th
Thursday 5th
Friday 6th
Saturday 7th
Sunday 8th
MASS INTENTIONS THIS WEEK
Jan/Feb
Time
Celebrant
SAT 31st
10am
Vigil @ 6pm
Fr Nick
Fr Mike
9:30am
Fr Mike
Special
Intention
11:30am
Fr Mike
People of the
Parish
5.45pm (Polish)
Fr Piotr
MON 2nd
7:30pm
10am
Fr Nick
Fr Mike
Packie Boyle
Alex
Cummings
TUES 3rd
12:45pm
10am
Fr Nick
Fr Mike
Monica Boyle
Seamus
O’Donaghue
11am
Fr Mike
Funeral –
Elio Crolla
12:45pm
Fr Piotr
10am
Fr Piotr
Margaret
Printagast
Margaret
Printagast
SUN 1st
WED 4th
THU 5h
FRI 6th
12:45pm
10am
12.45pm
10am
12.45pm
Fr Mike
Fr Nick
Fr Piotr
Fr Piotr
Fr Nick
Intention
Special
Intention
Murray Tyrell
Michael Flynn
63 York
Place
Cathedral
Camino
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Whilst every effort is made to honour the Mass
intentions as published, last minute changes are
sometimes essential and we hope, when this
happens, you can be understanding.
Please pray for the sick & those who care for
them: Alwynn Brydon, David Robb, William
Service.
For those who have died recently: Elio Crolla,
Nellie McClafferty, Seamus O’Donaghue.
For those whose anniversaries occur at this
time:
Leona Marie Binns (3rd Feb),
Alex Cummings, Bridgid Finch (4th Feb), Janet
Watson, (5th Feb).
Sacrament of the Sick/Patients in Hospital
Parishioners are asked to approach one of the
priests to receive the Sacrament of the Sick or
any other sacraments before being admitted to
hospital for treatment. If you are housebound or
unable to come to Mass, the priests will be happy
to visit you in your own home.
Holy Communion in Hospital
For inpatients at The Royal Infirmary, The Sick
Children’s & Liberton Hospital, Tel: 0131 242
1990.
Sheila Walsh
Newsletter available online: www.stmaryscathedral.co.uk Produced & Printed by St Mary’s 29/1/2015
St Mary’s Cathedral is a parish of the Archdiocese of St Andrew & Edinburgh.
A Charity registered in Scotland Number SC00854
Offertory Collections: Cathedral: - £1939.67 (Gift
Aid: £576.10); Polish Community: £181.91 + £329.89
(Gift Aid £10.00); all other collections including
candles: £789.16; stall: £68.19; donation: £200.00;
special collection: £43.77.
Wills & Bequests
The Cathedral Parish has benefited greatly in the past
from the thoughtfulness of both parishioners & nonparishioners who have nominated the parish to receive
funds from their estate.
Gift Aid offerings/donations
Gift Aid can a be taken out at any time throughout the
year. It is a valuable source of additional income to
the Cathedral with no extra cost to parishioners.
Please consider this!
Marriage
Couples, who consider the Cathedral as their parish
and are intending to be married, must give at the very
least six months’ notice. Please call or email
Cathedral House, for a Marriage Preparation
Enrolment form. Dates for 2015 courses: Thursday
29th January & Thursday 5th February, Thursday
19th March & Thursday 26th March.
Baptism
Parents wishing to have their child baptised should
complete & return a Baptism form, which is available
from Cathedral House. Please give two months’
notice for Baptism. You will be invited to attend a
Baptism session held in Cathedral House. New forms,
with 2015 dates, now available in the porch.
Youth for Lourdes Pilgrimage
As always, we are hoping to take a group of young
people to Lourdes to help and work with the sick
pilgrims from around the Archdiocese. An information
Meeting will be held on Sunday 25th January 2015 at
3.00pm in St. Kentigern’s Church Hall, Barnton,
Edinburgh. Please come along to find out about
YFL and our Pilgrimage. This year we will travel to
Lourdes from 10th – 17th July 2015, at an all-inclusive
cost of £689. For more information, email
[email protected]
or give Kris a call on 07747 867003.
Remembering Service
There will be a Remembering Service in St John the
Baptist’s Church, St Ninian’s Road, Corstorphine, at
5.00pm on Sunday, 22nd February 2015. The service
is for those who have suffered the death of a child
from the beginning of pregnancy onwards, whether
recently or at an earlier time.
It provides an
opportunity to participate in formal acknowledgement
of their grief. Those who wish to come in love and
support are also most welcome. It is hoped that
representatives from organisations that provide
counselling for stillbirths, miscarriages, and abortions
will be present and available after the service.
SACRAMENTAL DATES FOR 2015
First Confession
Saturday 7th March after 10.00am Mass
Confirmation
Sunday 24th May, 9.30am Mass with other parishes
Coming up!
RCIA Training Evening
A training evening for all RCIA Leaders
and Catechists will take place on
Monday 2nd February at The Gillis
Centre at 7.00pm. The focus will be on The Rite of
Election and Lent resources for the RCIA. You will be
equipped to lead catechesis on the moral life using the
new booklet ‘New Life in Christ.’ For more information
contact: [email protected] or on 0131
623 8903.
YOUNG ADULTS’ GROUP
A new group for those aged 18-25 to discover more
about their Catholic Faith with catechesis, discussion
and social events. Meets every Wednesday at 7.00pm
at No. 63 York Place. For more information see
Fr Nick or email: [email protected]
This week’s topic: The Teaching of Jesus. ALL
WELCOME!
First Communion
Sunday 7th June, 9.30am Mass
BITS ‘n’ PIECES
Winner of the 200 Club!
Congratulations to Mrs E Marcantonio, winner of the
200 Club prize for the month of January.
History Books
The Bicentenary History Book has now been printed
and will be ready for collection after all Masses on
Sunday 8th February (not Saturday vigil). Please
come to 63 York Place to pick up your copy/copies.
Café Camino –
Opening Hours:
Mon/Sat: 9am – 7pm
Sun:
9am – 9.30pm
www.cafecamino.co.uk
Newsletter available online: www.stmaryscathedral.co.uk Produced & Printed by St Mary’s 29/1/15
St Mary’s Cathedral is a parish of the Archdiocese of St Andrew & Edinburgh.
A Charity registered in Scotland Number SC00854
First Reading –
Deuteronomy 18:15-20
I will raise up a prophet and I will put my words
into his mouth.
Moses said to the people: “Your God will raise up
for you a prophet like myself, from among
yourselves, from your won brothers; to him you
must listen. This is what you yourselves asked of
the Lord your God at Horeb on the day of the
Assembly. ‘Do not let me hear again’ you said
‘the voice of the Lord my God, nor look any longer
on this great fire, or I shall die’; and the Lord said
to me, ‘All they have spoken is well said. I will
raise up a prophet like yourself for them from their
own brothers; I will put my words into his mouth
and he shall tell them all I command him. The
man who does not listen to my words that he
speaks in my name, shall be held answerable to
me for it. But the prophet who presumes to say in
my name a thing I have not commanded him to
say, or who speaks in the name of other gods,
that prophet shall die.’”
The word of the Lord.
Alleluia
Alleluia, alleluia!
Blessed are you, Father,
Lord of heaven and earth,
For revealing the mysteries of the kingdom
To mere children.
Alleluia!
Gospel –
The word of the Lord.
Responsorial Psalm –
Psalm 94
(R) O that today you would listen to his voice!
Harden not your hearts.
(1) Come, ring out our joy to the Lord;
hail the rock who saves us.
Let us come before him, giving thanks,
with songs let us hail the Lord.
(R)
(2) Come in; let us kneel and bend low;
let us kneel before the God who made us
for he is our God and we
the pople who belong to his pasture,
the flock that is led by has hand.
(R)
(3) O that today you would listen to his voice!
“Harden not your hearts as at Meribah,
as on that day at Massah in the desert
when your fathers put me to the test;
when they tried me, though they
saw my work.”
(R)
Second Reading –
Lord; but a married man has to bother about the
world’s affairs and devote himself to pleasing his
wife: he is torn two ways. In the same way an
unmarried woman, like a young girl, can devote
herself to the Lord’s affairs; all she need worry
about is being holy in body and spirit. The
married woman, on the other hand, has to worry
about the world’s affairs and devote herself to
pleasing her husband. I say this only to help you,
not to put a halter round your necks, but simply to
make sure that everything is as it should be, and
that you give your undivided attention to the Lord.
Mark 1:21-28
They went as far as Capernaum, and as soon as
the Sabbath came Jesus went to the synagogue
and began to teach. And his teaching made a
deep impression on them because, unlike the
scribes, he taught them with authority.
In their synagogue just then there was a man
possessed by an unclean spirit, and it shouted,
“What do you want with us, Jesus of Nazareth?
Have you come to destroy us? I know who you
are: the Holy One of God.” But Jesus said
sharply, “Be quiet! Come out of him!” And the
unclean spirit threw the man into convulsions and
with a loud cry went out of him. The people were
so astonished that they started asking each other
what it all meant. “Here is a teaching that is new”
they said “and with authority behind it: he gives
orders event to unclean spirits and they obey
him.” And his reputation rapidly spread
everywhere, through all the surrounding Galilean
countryside.
The Gospel of the Lord.
I Corinthians 7:32-35
An unmarried woman can devote herself to the
Lord’s affairs; all she need worry about is being
holy.
Next Week’s Readings and Gospel
First Reading: Job
Second Reading: Corinthians
Gospel: Mark
I would like to see you free from all worry. An
unmarried man can devote himself to the Lord’s
affairs, all he need worry about is pleasing the
Newsletter available online: www.stmaryscathedral.co.uk Produced & Printed by St Mary’s 29/1/15
St Mary’s Cathedral is a parish of the Archdiocese of St Andrew & Edinburgh.
A Charity registered in Scotland Number SC00854
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